12/09/2025
ICFFL Around the League: Week 14
The 2025 ICFFL postseason is set... Six teams for one trophy, six for another. Two got a bye, two others fought off a third for the final winner's bracket spot. And one stood above them all as the worst team in the league.
Clinch the all-important byes are top seed Rich Clum (11-3) and No. 2 Matt Montavon (10-4). Clum finished the year on a five-week win streak, defeating fellow division winner Jonathan Fraysure by 12.54 points, 121.3-108.76. Moreover, Clum won 10 of the final 11 weeks of the year after a 1-2 start.
Montavon goes out with momentum as well, earning the final Don Shula Coach of the Week award with a 166.14-128.32 win over Dusty Williams. He won his division by the most games - three - but ironically, Shower Buddies make up half of the playoff field.
Fraysure and Dennis Zech will "host" first round playoff matchups, though Zech not only took David Shula cOaCh of the Week honors, he posted the lowest score of the year in a 153.96-77.34 loss to Ryan Danison. And the two will meet again this week, with the winner moving on to face Clum.
Montavon will await the winner of Fraysure and Craig Friedrich, limping in on a three-game losing streak. In this year's Friedrich Bowl, Ronnie came out on top by 8.4 points, 144.62-136.22. Ronnie finishes the year winning his last two matchups, and as such, claws his way up out of the cellar.
Our final two final week matchups saw Justin Maddux defeat Scott Jett in our closest margin, by 7.46 points (138.24-130.78), while Brian Mason gave Jeremie Roshon the most balls in next year's hopper, winning by 28.6 points (131.74-103.14).
So Roshon finishes all by his lonesome at 4-10, one game worse than the trio of Jett, Mason and Ronnie. Williams is next, and Maddux is the hard-luck first team out. Despite being the direct opposite of Craig, winning his final three games, Maddux falls short in total points on the year. Danison (1961 points) and Craig (1899) are in, and he (1786) is out.
So to sum up:
Clum is No. 1, will face the winner of No. 4 Zech/No. 5 Danison
Montavon is No. 2, will face the winner of No. 3 Fraysure/No. 6 Craig
And half of the lottery order is set:
1. Roshon (4-10) - 38 or 39 chances, depending on if Quinn finds the one lost ball
2. Ronnie (5-9, 1776 points) - 29 chances
3. Mason (5-9, 1842 points) - 21 chances
4. Jett (5-9, 1954 points) - 20 chances
5. Williams (6-8) - 13 chances
6. Maddux (7-7, 1786 points) - 9 chances
And then in this order as they are eliminated, with the final two spots reserved for runner-up and champion:
Craig (7-7, 1899 points)
Danison (7-7, 1961 points)
Zech (9-5, 1st Wild Card)
Fraysure (8-4, No. 3 division winner)
Montavon (10-4, No. 2 division winner)
Clum (11-3, No. 1 division winner)
Good luck to all!
Week 14 Individual Bests
Matt DβOrazio QB of the Week - Josh Allen, 56.84 (Maddux)
Note: The top QB, Shedeur Sanders (63.46) is a free agent.
Beanie Wells RB of the Week - Saquon Barkley, 47.2 (Jett)
Note: Tony Pollard (57.1) was on Dusty's bench.
Cecil Shorts WR of the Week - Michael Wilson, 47.2 (Maddux)
Jake Butt TE of the Week - Harold Fannin, 35.4 (Clum)
Portsmouth Spartans Defense of the Week - Seattle Seahawks, 36.0 (R.Friedrich)